I love going to grandma's house.  Unlike Red Riding Hood, I don't usually pick flowers along the way though :)  We had a great supper and opened our gifts to each other.  Mom and grandma are heading to my brother's for three weeks, so it was nice to catch up with them before they left.

So tonight we're supposed to be getting freezing rain and stormy weather.  I am going to be running at the gym I guess.  Since i've only run a couple of times in the last week, i'm hoping it won't hinder my cardiovascular level but I guess we'll have to see if I can get in the required 30 minutes or not.  It's crazy, but i'm not obsessing over the numbers at this point - if I get out to the gym and work as hard as I can, that's enough for me.

Work, work, work.  Oh, it's crazy up in here! 

Yesterday I really paid for the copious amounts of cheese that I ate on Saturday night during the Christmas party.  Blugh.  But it seems I may have gotten it all out of my system because I woke up this morning feeling extra thin :)

The party was good.  We exchanged baking and gifts and then went out carolling to about 10 homes.  It was a cold night - thank goodness alcohol is numbing hahaha!  Just kidding.  Not really.

Anyways.  Last night was another late night that was spent with A watching movies ;)

I'm not yet tired today, but i'm only an hour and a half into the day so that will probably change by lunchtime.  For now, coffee coffee coffee!

Tonight will have to be another rest day as am heading to grandma's house for supper :) Have a great day everyone!

Hello!  Wow, here I am posting on a Saturday!

Tonight is my annual Girl's Night Christmas Party.  I'm just finishing getting the final preparations done and I can't wait for this night!  It's going to be great.

I went out running this morning and managed to go 3 miles and only walked for 5 minutes the whole time!  Woohoo!  Yesterday I did the shred workout level one and I could really tell that my cardio is definitely ready for level two.  Unfortunately, nothing else is!!!  Those ab moves really kill me - also the lunges too.  And let's just be honest - pretty much everything except for the cardio kills me!

Anyways, just wanted to pop in to wish everyone well and hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

I've been working steady ever since I got to work this morning.  It's now 4:30pm and boy i'm tired.  I think i'll be designating this evening a rest night - and doing absolutely the least amount possible.  In fact, it might be a warm bath and under the covers for this little bunny if I don't get a more interesting invitation ;)

Did my 30 minutes of running yesterday, but it took me 33 minutes because I had to take a couple of walking breaks.  My lungs were hurting a bit.  Of course, today I am sore but it's a good feeling!  Keep it coming!

Gotta go - more work.  Talk later!

I was so exhausted yesterday that I napped right after work for a couple hours.  I went upstairs to bed and snuggled into the covers and everything, wow!  I feel lots better today.  My appt for the depo shot is this afternoon and i'm so glad - it'll be nice to not feel all these stomach cramps constantly.

Tonight is gym night and I plan to try running for 30 minutes.  We'll see how it goes!

Eats for yesterday - mocha, spaghetti with meatballs, sub sandwich, darn cheesies, water.

Well, I did it!  I ran my 4th 5k on Saturday!  It was cold and icy and I managed to pull a muscle in my right thigh area - but it was so much fun!  There were people dressed up in christmas costumes, and two mascots were there running around and high-fiving people as they came into the finish.  My time was almost exactly the same as when I ran in September, so i'm happy with that considering the weather.  Next one is on Jan 1st!

Now I am resting until tomorrow night when I will hopefully get back to the gym and continue with our training.  We've also decided that we need to get outside to run more, so we've made a plan to start doing that at least once a week.

I have so much to do to get ready for Christmas!  I'm hosting a girls' party this weekend so I need to decorate the house, wrap some gifts and do some baking.  It'll be another busy week, but I can do it!

Oh boy, am I ever overwhelmed. Overloaded. Overworked. Nah, maybe not so much overworked. But everything else for sure.

I tried making a doc appt for tomorrow as it's my day off work, but apparently they're booked up until next week. Can I explain? I procrastinated my next depo shot and now i'm a whole month behind and SICK as a dog. Thing is, I got all warm and fuzzy and decided maybe I didn't need the shot anymore since I was doing so much exercising and eating properly. But this last week has been horrible - I have no food in the house besides green monster stuff and dog food and i've been sick on and off for the last few days. Sick like I have to move my legs up and down and rock back and forth just to get through an afternoon at work. And HOLY bloating batman. God forbid I try to take a sick day because the hens might think i'm really on a roadtrip to Vegas in a black limo with 8 of my friends or some such bizarre stunt that of course i'd pull because i'm SO young and naive!

I did get the furnace fixed, thank God. And i've made an appt for an oil change and to look at my tires. I still don't have any money for all this, but whatever. I'll figure it out. Retirement supper to attend tonight so there's another night I won't get to exercise. Oh and did I mention I have to run on Saturday?!

See. I told you I was going to have some nasty days between now and spring. Just seems to me that i'm starting early ;)

Today didn't start off very well.  I heard last night from my aunt that my co-workers have been speaking ill of me.  I tried to bring it up this morning to them, but all they do is talk amongst themselves and probably spent most of the morning upset at me because I decided not to tolerate their bullying.  Now i'm sure half the building has heard about my "unacceptable behaviour".  I just don't know how to deal with bullies like these ladies.  It's a real hen house and i've been scratched in the face far too many times.  I'm sure it's just a bad day overall, and i'm also sure it will get better - just need to get through today!

Aside from that, which is stressful enough, I went home at lunchtime to a frozen house.  My furnace quit running!  And I can't get hold of anyone to check it out for me.  It's minus 21 celsius out there today!  My dog and I will freeze if this doesn't get fixed :(

AND my car desperately needs an oil change, and something is wrong with one of my tires.  PLUS I need gas money to get to the city on Saturday for the 5k run, and I can't just magically pull money outta the air!  I'm so NOT READY for this week!

OR

This is life's bloody way of testing me to see if i've learned anything.  And if that's the case I am so READY for it!  Bring it on :) what else are you gonna throw at me?

Well, pfft.  I can't believe I gained a pound.  I'm not overly upset about this though, as I can feel that i'm building muscle as compared to fat cells :)

We'll see how the next month goes; as I (hopefully) increase my running mileage perhaps the pounds will not be able to resist falling off ;)

I had a good weekend with family and friends.  Watched the football game on Sunday and even asked A to join, which he did.  I think it went well, and he even suggested he could help me learn how to make sushi sometime.  All good, except for the unfortunate fact that S showed up as soon as he heard that A was there!  I found that slightly annoying.

Yesterday started with a bad head cold, so no exercise.  Today isn't looking good, but i'd like to try to do something.  I guess we'll see how beat I feel once work is done.  Have a great day everyone!

A few more days, and hopefully i'll be able to update my weight to a lower number.  I really hope that's the case since I haven't checked it since my post the other day when I said it hadn't changed.

I went to the gym yesterday and had my best run EVER!  Like, EVER in my life :) I ran for 28 minutes.  Now I won't run again until the 5k, but man I feel good about how well I did!

Watched a martial arts and kickboxing tournament at the local school today and for about a second or two it made me want to start kickboxing again.  I miss the sparring and just the feeling of power :)  Some of those kids are really good.  I think i'm too old for that stuff now, but if I ever have kids i'm definately going to encourage them to join - it's a great confidence booster.

Well, i'm off to grandma's house for dinner.  Busy busy!